J/11941 - P/O - Navigator - J. A. Hawtin - RCAF - Age ~21 - POW - in Camps L3, POW No.1329 -
J/11941 - Flying Officer - John Arthur "Art" Hawtin, RCAF
served at No.2 Air Navigation School (ANS), Pennfield Ridge
Taken POW and spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft 3, Sagan
as the fighting neared its end, Art and thousands of other prisoners were forced
to march west as the Russians were advancing, and then east to avoid the British
This was in harsh weather from January to May 1945

FERGUSON, Reginald (R141618 and J96085) – Born 1920. Enlisted in Montreal, 19 November 1941 and posted to No.2 Manning\Depot. To No.10 SFTS (guard), 30 January 1942. To No.7 ITS, 28 March 1942. To Composite Training School, 7 June 1942. To No.6 BGS, 4 July 1942. Promoted Sergeant, 14 August 1942. To “Y” Depot, Halifax, 15 August 1942. To RAF overseas, 26 October 1942. Commissioned 14 February 1945. Promoted Flying Officer, 14 August 1945.
The microfilm consulted is very blurred; his repatriation date may be May 1945 or May 1946
while the date of release may be 18 August 1945 or 18 August 1946.